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EJNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COREY E. TONGUETTE AND BOY'-"A. MGBEAN, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNORS 7 OF ONE-FOURTH T ISABEL P. POMEROY, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

FOLDING IRONING BOARD.

Application filed February 13, 1926. Serial No. 88,016.

Our invention relates to improvements in folding ironing boards and the object of our improvement is to provide a folding ironing board of simple and compact construction that may be quickly and easily adjusted to any convenient support and that is strong and rigid when it is in an-extended position.

A further object is to provide a folding supporting means that is particularly "well adapted for use on relatively short ironing boards and that reduces thenumber of parts and the size and weight of an ironing board to a minimum so that one of said boards may be conveniently packed in a trunk and carried around from place to place.

A further and more specific object is to provide an ironing board having adjacent its rear or wider end suitable bracket means arranged to hook over a support and having a brace member arranged to abut against said support and connect with said ironing board near the outer or forward end, said brace having adjustable means for limiting the downward movement of the rear end or foot thereof.

A further object is to provide a brace that is adjustable to supports. of different shape and thickness to properly position the ironing board horizontally.

A further object is to provide a novel and efiicient bracket member whereon an iron may be conveniently hung, .said bracket member also serving as a means by which the ironing board may be hung up.

Other and more specific objects will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. v

In the drawings Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of an ironing board constructed in accordance with our invention showingall the parts in a folded position.

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the ironing board showing the parts folded.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the several parts in an extended or operative position. V

Fig. 4: is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail illustrating a part of the. invention: and

Fig. 5 is a detached perspective of the bracket for holding an iron.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numerals designate like parts, 7 is an ironing board which may be of conventional shape but is preferably shorter so that it may be carried 1n a trunk. For

thepurpose of this description, I shall here;

inafter term the wider end of said ironing board as the rear end and the narrow end as the front or forward end.

Pivotally secured to the bottom side of the ironingboard-adjacent to the rear end by staple members 8, are two U shaped brackets 9 that are arranged to swing on axes that extend lengthwise of the board from inoperative positions parallel with and folded against said board to operative positions at right angles to said board. The brackets 9 are protected by coverings of rubber 10 or other soft material to prevent. damage to any support as a chair 11, or other piece of furniture with which said brackets may comein contact.

Securedto the board 7 toward the forwardend thereof, are two parallel spaced apart cleats 12 that are each provided with a plurality of transverse, aligned perforations 13 for the reception of outwardly bent end portions 14 on a bracket member 15 that is thus pivotally and adjustably connected with said ironing board by means of said cleats. Those portions of the bracket 15 adjacent the ends 14 and that are adapted to,

be between the cleats 12 are preferably parallel as shown at 16 in Fig. 1 and the sides of said bracket thence diverge as at 17 sufiiciently to make the rear end of the bracket of substantially the same width as the rear end of the ironing board. The divergent portions of said bracket are bent at the rear or inner end crosswise of the board to form suitable foot portions 18 arranged to abut against the support 11 and said foot portion are bent forwardly midway between the two sides to form a reentrant portion 20 thatis adapted to engage within notches 21 in a bar 24 that is pivotally connected with the ironing board and serves tohold the rear end of the brace member at any desired elevation. Tubes or casings of rubber or other protective material are provided on the foot portions 18 of the bracket to protect the supports with which said brackets may come in contact.

A clip 22 in the form of a U shaped member with its closed end bent atright angles to the remainder of the same is arrangeiil to be removably inserted in suitable holes in the rear end of the ironing board so that an iron which is being used in pressing may be hung by the handle on said clip. I,

The provision of the clip 22 on which the iron may hang obviates the necessity of providing a support for the iron 'on the board thus making it possible to use the entire top surface of the board for ironing purposes.

The ironing board may be supported on any convenient deyice that will tit within the U shaped members 9 and form a rigid stipport against which the bracket may abut. In the drawings 1 have shown the ironing board as supported on a chair 11.

T he ironing board may also be supported in various other ways.

Due to va'i-iatrns in the thickness and shape and angularity ot' the supports on which the ironing board niay be place'd it is necessary to make the bracket 15 adjust able so that the board 7 may always be adjusted into a substantially horizontal position. The cleats 12 and members 24 provide tor this adjustment. The bracket member 15 may be adjusted relative to the cleats 12 by pressing the ends (it said bracket member tog'ethe'r th'ei'eby drawing the outwardly bent ends 1% from the holes 13 and permitting said ends to be positioned in other holes to secure the desired adjustment. Further adjustment maybe had positioning the ire-entrant portion ot the bracket in different notches the support 24. When the supporting parts are folded the bracket 15 is necessarily moved back into a position substantially as shown in Fig. 1 so that said bracket will be entirely within the limits of the board and the U shaped members 9 will be withinthe open end portions oi the bracket and the member 24 will told against the board with the re-entrant portion 20 of the bracket positioned within a notch 23 adjacent the pivoted end of said member 24.

The supporting n'ieans for tlie ironing board are simple in construction, flicient in operation, not expensive to manufacture, afford a wide range of adjustment and form a rigid and substantial support for the board when extended. The U s'haped members 9 are large enough so that they will fit over substantially any support that is ordinarily round in the modern apartment or hotel room. The rear leg of said U shaped members is the one that series as the supporting means and if desired the front leg or said U shaped members may be omitted.

When made in the size mentioned the board may be Very conveniently supported on. an ordinary chair but if made in larger sizes a more rigid support will obviously be necessary.

Obviously the form of folding support hereinbe'tore decribed may be applied to a table in substantially the same manner as it is applied to an ironing board.

The foregoing description and accompanying drawings clearly disclose a preferred embodiment of our invention but it will be understood that this disclosure is merely illustratiye and that such changes in the same may be resorted to as are Within the scope and spirit or following claims.

We claim:

1. A folding iroiii'ng table embodying a board member, folding means at one end of saidboard arranged to engage with an upright support, a bracket pivotally and adjustahiy connected with said board adjacent the other end thereof and having its free end arranged to abut against said support and an adjustable hoiding device tor the free end of said bracket. I

2; A device of the class described en'ibodying a board member, two U shaped elements pivoted to the bottom side of said board member near the rear end for folding and arranged to fit over a support, bracket oi spring metal haying a relatiye'ly wide foot portion arranged to abut against a support, adjustable means for suporting the rear end of said bracket at various distances from said board and means for piyotally and adjustably connecting the forward end of said bracket with the forward portion of said board.

3. A device of the class described embodying a board inember,two cleats secured to the bottom side of said board member near the forward end in spaced apart parallel relation, said cleats having a plurality of transverse holes therein, a bracket of spring metal having outwardly bent forward ends arranged to be selectively pdsitiond in different holes in said cleats, the sides of said bracket diverging and extending rearwardly and thence inwardly toward'each other to form a foot member, said foot member being formed with a forwardly directed medially disposed re-entrant portion, a notched bar pivoted to said board near the rearend and arrangedto e1;- tend downwardly throngh said re-enti'ant portion or said bracket for adjustable engagement therewith, and means on the rear end ot said board adapted to engage with a support irhen the board is set up.

The foregoing specification signed at Seattle, ashington, this th day of January,

COREY a. TONGUETTE. ROY A. McBEAN. 

